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G.Nath (cm6700@ccub.wlv.ac.uk) wrote:
: elayton@zola.math.byu.edu (Eric Layton) writes:
: 
: >What is the .fastdir file that I find in some directories?  What does it
: >do, how does it do it, and how is such a .fastdir created?
: 
: . fastdir  was  created by a program  called  "CLI-Mate",
: (although  i don`t know if it was a standard and used  by  others
: too) it  is really  ancient and i think it contains the directory
: listing  of the drive/dir it is in. When a disk is inserted instead
: of scanning the  whole disk  the .fastdir file was used. It really 
: helped speed up lists  on  the OFS system.
: 

.fastdir is a feature as mentioned from Climate. Desinged to work in the 
1.2 OS. I have found it can create checksum errors sometimes so it is 
best to remove it. The Climate disk also comes with a program that when 
ran will check all directories and delete the .fastdir file. If you were 
using Climate and the disk had several files having it made things lots 
faster, but again I found that it came with a price. I still use Cli-Mate 
occasionaly, I have found it is one of the best file copiers/image 
viewers in the 1.2-1.3 OS system. Grant you that moving to a 2.+ system 
opens a whole new world of possibilities.


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